Army intercepts +20k captagon pills in Iraq’s Al-Anbar
2025-11-15T21:17:55+00:00
Shafaq News – Baghdad
Iraq’s Military Intelligence Directorate thwarted an attempt to smuggle more than 22,000 narcotic pills using a helium balloon in Al-Anbar province.
The directorate said in a statement on Saturday that the seized drugs were handed over to the Anti-Narcotics Directorate in accordance with legal procedures.
A security source told Shafaq News that the smuggling attempt originated from the Syrian side and was foiled in the bordering Iraqi province of Al-Anbar.
Iraq has emerged as both a transit corridor and a growing consumer market for narcotics, with captagon and methamphetamine trafficking rising sharply in recent years.
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